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Why English is the best language for Wordle, with Lynne Murphy

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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How to Solve a Word in Wordo

There are more words in the sort of about 20,000, six letter words. The higher proportion of those end with R than the proportion of five letter words that end with R. And so, where those letters can go, it's just a lot more limited in certain ways. You could put in the word zenix, x, e, and i-c into Wordo, and it will tell you how many letters you got right,. But that's never going to be the answer to Wordo.

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